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Posts on ‘July 22nd, 2009’

Tar balls wash ashore near South Padre Island

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Brownsville personnel and state and local officials responded to the discovery of tar balls that washed ashore on beaches near South Padre Island, July 22, 2009.

First Coast Guard District to hold change of command

BOSTON – A change of command ceremony is scheduled for the Commander of the First Coast Guard District at the Coast Guard base in the North End of Boston, July 24, 2009 at 2 p.m.

Coast Guard investigating grounding of Balboa Island ferry

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, the 57-foot car ferry, Captain, went aground at Balboa Island, Newport, Calif. with no passengers aboard.

Coast Guard locate body of missing shrimper

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard has located the body of a fisherman, 5 miles north east of South Padre Island.

Coast Guard Group/Air Station Astoria schedules change of command ceremony

ASTORIA, Ore. – Coast Guard Capt. Peter Troedsson will transfer command of Coast Guard Group/Air Station Astoria to Capt. Douglas E. Kaup in a change of command ceremony scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 24, 2009.

Coast Guard rescues rafters in Aniakchak National Monument

KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued three stranded rafters Tuesday near Surprise Lake in the Aniakchak Caldera on the southeast side of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve located 150 miles south of King Salmon.

Coast Guard searches Guanica, Puerto Rico waters and beaches for missing fisherman

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching Wednesday for a overdue fisherman who went missing Monday in waters off of Guanica, Puerto Rico.